NHS workers do you support school closures.

[Teeninabeanie]

Just that really. Do NHS workers feel that the current situation in hospitals justifies some teaching unions telling members not to work tomorrow?
I reckon one of the main justifications must be to save the NHS from being overwhelmed. Do you feel like this action is necessary to support you in doing your jobs or is it OTT and not going to make any difference to your work?

@deedeemegadoodoo

I am not NHS staff. I just want to add something else to the discourse. Section 44 is not just about teacher’s H&S working conditions. It is a way to ensure lessons are held remotely for the majority of pupils and minimal people in school.

The new strain of COVID is 70% more transmissible than what we were dealing with a few months ago. Secondary pupils are 7 times more likely to bring COVID home and infect people than any other age group. The schools need to be ‘closed’ so that it is not transmitted from children Into their homesick where it will then spread more quickly and overwhelm the NHS.

Yes, it is partly to keep teachers safe, but mainly to slow down the new strain which spreads faster than before. It will not make people any more ill thanks before, but will spread faster and cause pressure for the NHS and ALL services.

Apologies for the typos - typing fast with no reading glasses on!

@deedeemegadoodoo

I am not NHS staff. I just want to add something else to the discourse. Section 44 is not just about teacher’s H&S working conditions. It is a way to ensure lessons are held remotely for the majority of pupils and minimal people in school.

The new strain of COVID is 70% more transmissible than what we were dealing with a few months ago. Secondary pupils are 7 times more likely to bring COVID home and infect people than any other age group. The schools need to be ‘closed’ so that it is not transmitted from children Into their homesick where it will then spread more quickly and overwhelm the NHS.

Yes, it is partly to keep teachers safe, but mainly to slow down the new strain which spreads faster than before. It will not make people any more ill thanks before, but will spread faster and cause pressure for the NHS and ALL services.

Exactly. Thinking of the macro not the micro this is exactly it.

[quote Countdowntonothing]@Elledubloo

A cancer doctor??? There is no such thing. A doctor that specialises in cancer treatment is called an oncologist. A word that much of the population is familiar with, either through personal experience or TV medical dramas. I suspect someone is telling porkies [/quote]
LOL. I think I have more experience introducing myself to people. Trust me lots of people don’t know what an Oncologist is ;)

Frontline NHS here. The NHS is about to collapse and admissions and cases are still rising. We either lockdown with schools closed now or in a week or so time when we are in a far worse position. I'm do disappointed the government is repeating the same mistakes again of acting too late.

We could close schools for a month and push to vaccinate as many people as we can including school staff to reduce risk. Or we could wait, war h the NHS collapse, watch cases surge again and lockdown for longer in a week or two. I want to scream.

@Dreamylemon

Frontline NHS here. The NHS is about to collapse and admissions and cases are still rising. We either lockdown with schools closed now or in a week or so time when we are in a far worse position. I'm do disappointed the government is repeating the same mistakes again of acting too late.

We could close schools for a month and push to vaccinate as many people as we can including school staff to reduce risk. Or we could wait, war h the NHS collapse, watch cases surge again and lockdown for longer in a week or two. I want to scream.

That’s exactly what I think. Close the schools for a month and push to get as many vaccinated as possible before reopening.

They could make it easier for people to volunteer to join the vaccinator programme too. I would volunteer but have been out of nursing a long time now so won’t have all the up to date training required but am quite capable of giving injections still...

@Happychristmashohoho

Why will you have to turn down extra and stick to normal hours?

Keyworker care will run, and anyway surely it's the extra hours that are hard to find care for?
Sorry if I'm missing something here?

Key worker care is 9.00-15.30 or there about a. How many key workers work those hours? That’s why extra will get turned down. Usually breakfast/after school clubs facilitate my working day (8.30-4.30/5) as a nurse practitioner. So it will be a bit of annual leave everyday or grandparents picking up and providing wraparound care.

[quote twinkletoesimnot]@Happychristmashohoho

Why will you have to turn down extra and stick to normal hours?

Keyworker care will run, and anyway surely it's the extra hours that are hard to find care for?
Sorry if I'm missing something here?[/quote]
We don’t get key worker care as dh works from home.

He’s on team meetings all day so struggles to do much home schooling with our 7 year old. So I have to catch it up on my days off, as obviously as all parents, my over riding priority is my children and ensuring they don’t get behind. (My others are older and can work independently).

I had booked injection clinics on my days off, which is fine if dcs are all in school, but obviously not if they’re not!